A five-day celebration of the music and spirit of gypsy jazz icon Django Reinhardt energizes Whidbey Island Wednesday through Sept. 23. DjangoFest Northwest will be packed with gypsy jazz, Eastern ...

Curiosity got the best of this reporter a week ago when I heard, “Anouman,” the group that was performing on the Green, was going to play Gypsy Jazz. Well known jazz genres that come to mind include ...

Under the vision of local vocalist “Jazzbird” Becky Davis and the owner of the Gypsy Parlor, Gabrielle Mattina, the jazz jam taking place on the first Monday of each month has become quite the hot ...

Robert Witmeyer has been a lifelong fan of Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-born guitarist and composer who is celebrated for raising “gypsy jazz” to a popular music form in the 1930s. This Saturday, ...

Gypsy jazz — that wonderfully infectious style of music played in smoky Parisian jazz clubs and swanky dance halls during the 1930s and ‘40s — is making a comeback. The man who is credited with ...

The Van Dyck Music Club will play host to the Hot Club of Saratoga and gypsy jazz guitarist Olli Soikkeli with his trio for ...

After a long hiatus from music gatherings, the Gypsy Parlor Jazz Jam returns to Buffalo. The Jazz Jam takes place the first Monday of each month (8-11 pm) at the Gypsy Parlor. Owner Gabrielle Mattina, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Courtesy of Robin Nolan Under normal circumstances, a Beatles covers album might not be ...

Bring your guitar or violin and join virtuoso Dorado Schmitt and his band for a participatory jam session of the authentic Django Reinhardt style. Ideal for intermediate to advanced level musicians, ...

At various times since its origin, jazz has had an interesting claimant. The French have long maintained that the various musics leading up to the development of jazz in the early years of the 20th ...

On a recent Saturday afternoon, guitarist Evan Perri rested on a sectional sofa that consumed most of his bachelor pad in Grosse Pointe Park. Perri fiddled with the strings on his new acoustic guitar ...

Gypsy Schaeffer, the foursome made up by Joel Yennior (trombone), Andy Voelker (saxophones), Chris Punis (drums) and Jef Charland (bass) calls its third CD quite simply New Album. That's a truism, as ...